Surrey haven't got anywhere near their ambitions of a treble this year but at least there's some good young talent coming through. Need a new captain next year i think though, a massive Sanga sized hole to fill too.

by dez dezzy9/7/2017 3:12:10 PM

bad drop? cricinfo description makes it sound on the tough side

by Joe Williams9/7/2017 3:11:36 PM

Good thing Cook and Root are our best batsmen, maybe we can get some specialist slips at 2,3 and 5?

Somerset are closing in on a vital victory over Warwickshire on the third day of their Specsavers County Championship tussle at Edgbaston.

Set a mammoth 402 to win, Warwickshire went into tea on 73 for three with former Bears seamer Tim Groenewald having struck two quickfire blows.

After resuming after lunch on 218 for three in their second innings, Somerset advanced to 265 for four before declaring when captain Tom Abell was bowled by Ryan Sidebottom for 51 (48 balls, seven fours). That left Marcus Trescothick unbeaten on 119 (205 balls, 15 fours).

Groenewald then hurt his old team badly by removing both openers - Dom Sibley caught behind and Andy Umeed taken at slip - in his second over. Jack Leach added the wicket of Ian Bell, bowled by an arm-ball through the gate for 24, to leave Warwickshire leaning heavily on Jonathan Trott (26 not out).

by David Hopps9/7/2017 3:00:00 PM

Derbyshire 219-6 v Glamorgan

Glamorgan were made to pay for two more dropped catches as Alex Hughes and Gary Wilson guided Derbyshire to a batting point on the third afternoon of the Division Two match at Derby.

The fifth wicket pair added 78 in 21 overs after lunch but Wilson was missed twice, both off Lukas Carey who took three of the six wickets to fall as Derbyshire reached 219 for 6 at tea,

Hughes battled hard in conditions that were good for bowling for his 44 before he edged a cut at Carey who finally removed Wilson lbw for 45 in his next over with one that kept low.

by David Hopps9/7/2017 2:58:56 PM

Worcs 243 & 75-1 need 226 to beat Notts 193 & 275

Worcestershire, in pursuit of a victory target of 226, reached tea on 75 for one, on the third day of their Specsavers County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

The afternoon had begun with Notts on 264 for eight and they could only add 11 more before the innings ended on 275.

Chris Read failed to add to his lunch-time score of 38, falling lbw to Ed Barnard, who then had Harry Gurney caught behind for five. Jake Ball was left unbeaten on 34, with Barnard closing on 3 for 78, with Joe Leach have taken 5 for 69.

Worcestershire began their chase with Daryl Mitchell and George Rhodes at the crease and they were untroubled in putting 57 on, together.

Brett Hutton broke their partnership, scattering Rhodes’ stumps for 21. Daryl Mitchell remains unbeaten on 49, with Tom Fell on four, although he was spilled in the final over of the session, by Cheteshwar Pujara at third slip, off Hutton.

by David Hopps9/7/2017 2:58:06 PM

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Surrey 200 & 44/1 trail Hampshire 290 by 46 runs

Rory Burns battled back against the new ball after Hampshire boasted a 90 run first innings lead in the Specsavers County Championship match at the Ageas Bowl.

Surrey openers Burns and Patel reached 44 before the latter gloved an attempted sweep to Sean Ervine, who took the catch running from first slip to leg slip.

Burns arrived at the interval on an unbeaten 22 with Surrey on 44 for one and still trailing by 46 runs.

Earlier, Hampshire had grabbed two batting bonus points in their battle to cement third place in the Division One table.

Gareth Berg reached a classy 80 before he was caught behind off Jade Dernbach with the second new ball.

Berg had put on 93 with Kyle Abbott, and the South African created another frustrating tail-end stand with Fidel Edwards.

The 10th wicket added 27, with West Indian Edwards scoring his highest Championship score of 20 before he was bowled by Tom Curran – the fast bowler ending with figures of four for 69.

Northamptonshire were on the cusp of victory at tea on day three at Wantage Road as Sussex slipped to 263 for 8 and a lead of just nine runs.

The visitors had actually settled into their second-innings well with a stand of 84 between Angus Robson and Chris Nash as conditions appeared to ease before Robson was caught at slip after Simon Kerrigan, the left-arm spinner, switched to bowl over the wicket into the rough outside the right-hander’s off stump.

Robson’s 72 was the 28th first-class half-century of his career but he has made only two centuries and showed understandable frustration at again failing to convert a good start into three figures.

His dismissal preceded a Sussex collapse of 4 for 20 in 36 balls that ended any hope of setting a serious target. Kleinveldt returned to nip a delivery back into the middle and off stumps of Luke Wright before another full ball angled in trapped Ben Brown plumb lbw for a second-ball duck.

Chris Jordan also fell lbw, him to a slider from Kerrigan, before a Richard Gleeson yorker won another lbw decision, this against Ollie Robinson after a breezy 20. When Azharullah took out Nash’s off stump with a ball that kept low after a well-made 66, Sussex’s race was almost run.

by David Hopps9/7/2017 2:56:04 PM

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Leicestershire 222 and 97-3 v Gloucestershire 368

Three wickets for Liam Norwell left Gloucestershire in with a chance of completing a victory in three days in their Specsavers County Championship match against Leicestershire at the Fischer County Ground.

Norwell, who took ten wickets in Gloucestershire's innings defeat of Leicestershire at Bristol back in April, continued to torment the Foxes, with only the ever-consistent Mark Cosgrove offering any real resistance.

The Australian left-hander, who hit 92 in Leicestershire's first innings, took his championship aggregate past 900 in his second innings, but there were failures for Michael Carberry – his fourth in as many innings since joining Leicestershire on loan until the end of the season – as well as Colin Ackermann and Harry Dearden as the Foxes, having conceded a first innings deficit of 146, were reduced to 51-3 in their second attempt.

Carberry edged a delivery which left him off the pitch low to first slip, Ackermann was leg before to a ball which seamed back in to him and Dearden was held at the second attempt at third slip after edging an attempted drive.